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BEE FEST

Head to the Belle Isle Nature Center, which will be buzzing from excitement from 
11 a.m.-3 p.m. while it celebrates National Honey Bee Day. The event features 
beekeeper talks, arts and crafts, local honey tasting, demonstrations on planting and 
maintaining a bee-friendly garden, and a children’
s bee costume parade. Musical 
performances by singer, songwriter and earth educator Joe Reilly will complement 
an exhibition of images by macro photographer Joseph Ferraro, offering a close-up 
glimpse at the tiny pollinators found in and around local flowers. The Bees Weeds 
will offer honey tastings as well as balms and soaps made from local beeswax and 
will discuss what people can do in their yards to help pollinators. Admission to the 
Nature Center is free; a State of Michigan Recreation Passport is required to enter 
Belle Isle State Park by car.

FRIDAY, AUG. 16
BIM BOM BABY
10-11 am, Aug. 16. At Temple Shir 
Shalom. A program for babies through 
4-year-olds with a special adult. Moms, 
dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents and 
nannies come to celebrate Shabbat with 
the rabbis, braid challah, sing songs with 
the cantor and make new friends. RSVP: 
Free and open to all. Julie@shirshalom.
org or 248-406-4255 

SHABBAT IN THE SUN
5:45 pm, Aug. 16. Join Hazzan Dan 
and Rabbi Rachel for a family-friendly 
outdoor Shabbat service: singing, 
dancing and a picnic dinner on the Adat 
Shalom playground. Bring a blanket to 
sit on, and after dinner stay and play. 
Picnic dinner: $4/child, $7/adult. RSVP 
to Debi Banooni: 248-626-2153 or 
dbanooni@adatshalom.org.

S’
MORE SHABBAT
6 pm, Aug. 16. At Temple Kol Ami. Grab 
a blanket, bring your appetite and join 
the TKA family religious school for an 
outdoor camp-style dinner followed 
by Shabbat worship at 7 pm with 
Rabbi Brent Gutmann and Cantorial 
Soloist Sean Samitt. Indoors if weather 
necessitates. Open to all. Dinner is free. 
RSVP is required: 248-661-0040 or 
cspektor@tkolami.org. 

SATURDAY, AUG. 17
PARSHAH RIDERS
9 am, Aug. 17: Come along for the 
ride for Torah study, exercise, friends, 
Kiddush and fun. Meet at Adat Shalom 
in Farmington Hills for Shabbat Torah 
study; 9:30 am group bicycle ride; return 
by 11:30 am to enjoy Kiddush. There is 
no fee to attend. Open to the community. 
For info: Mickey Levin, mlevin48@aol.
com. Meet next on Aug. 24.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18
BACK 2 SCHOOL STORE
9:30 am, Aug. 18. At a Detroit 
elementary school (248-214-1205 for 
location). National Council of Jewish 
Women will offer free shopping for 
clothing and school supplies for Detroit 
schoolchildren identified by social 
service agencies. Also, eye exams. Info: 
ncjwmi.org.

PARFAITS IN THE PARK
Noon-1:30 pm. Aug. 18. Temple Shir 
Shalom invites 0-7-year-olds and their 
families, friends and nannies to join 

them at Booth Park in Birmingham. 
Free and open to all. RSVP: 248-737-
8700 or email julie@shirshalom.org. 

MONDAY, AUG. 19
MINI DAY OF LEARNING
9:30 am, Aug. 19. JCC’
s Jewish Adult 
Education Dept., JLearn, will hold this 
preview day of learning. At the Max M. 
Fisher Federation Bldg. in Bloomfield 
Township. Morning sessions from 9:30-
11:50 am; evening sessions from 7-8:30 
pm. Free. RSVP required: 248-205-2557 
or ccomensky@jccdet.org.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT
5:30-7 pm, Aug. 19. For family 
caregivers of all older adults, the 
Dorothy & Peter Brown Adult Day 
Program holds free monthly family 
caregiver support group meetings. At 
JVS, 29699 Southfield Road, Southfield. 
For information or to RSVP, contact 
Dorothy Moon: 248-233-4392, dmoon@
jvsdet.org.

SECRETS OF PUBLISHING
7-9 pm, Aug. 19. At Barnes & Noble in 
Rochester Hills, 200 N. Adams. Panel 
will include JN editor Jackie Headapohl. 
Free.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 
RSVP for Aug. 24. At Isaac Agree 
Downtown Synagogue, honoring Dr. 
Martin Herman on his 90th birthday. 
Shabbat services with luncheon and 
reception to follow. Open to all. RSVP at 
downtownsynagogue.org.

TUESDAY, AUG. 20
SIMPLY DANCE
11 am, Aug. 20. At Adat Shalom in 
Farmington Hills. Led by Christine 
Stewart. No partner needed. Cost: $7. 
RSVP: 248-432-5467.

SECURITY EXPERT SPEAKS
1 pm, Aug. 20. At the Jewish 
Community Center in West Bloomfield. 
IRP will host Israeli computer security 
expert Adeena Ascher. Topic: “The Joint 
Distribution Committee as a Social 
Welfare Start-Up Past and Present.” Free 
and open to the public.

BOOKS & BARBIE
6:30-8:30 pm, Aug. 20. At Temple 
Israel. An evening with Laura Berman 
of the Detroit News and author Susan 
Shapiro. $20 per person includes dinner, 
wine and conversation. Open to all. Info: 
248-661-5700.

Editor’s 
Picks

AUG. 17
AUG. 17

COURTESY OF DETROIT ZOO/STEVE BURT

AUG. 18 - CHARLIE BROWN
The iconic Peanuts comic strip turns 50 
this year and Emagine Entertainment is 
celebrating by showing the Academy 
Award-nominated movie A Boy Named 
Charlie Brown at noon at Emagine 
Canton, Emagine Hartland, Emagine 
Novi and Emagine Rochester Hills. In 
the Peanuts’
 gang’
s first movie, Charlie 
is challenged by the girls in his class to 
volunteer for the spelling bee. Much to 
his surprise, he wins and qualifies to 
go to the National Spelling Bee. Charlie, 
along with his pals Linus and Snoopy, take on the adventure in New York City, but 
will he return home a national champion? Fun fact: In April 1968, Harriet Glickman, 
the daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants who lived in Los Angeles, a teacher and 
mom of three — wrote a letter to Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz asking him to 
create a black character. A few months later, on July 31, 1968, Peanuts’
 first black 
character, Franklin, appeared in a comic strip. According to Jewniverse, “There was 
no fanfare — he just walked up to Charlie Brown on the beach and asked, ‘
Is this 
your beach ball?’
” Tickets at emagine-entertainment.com.

WIKIPEDIAI

AUG. 18 - JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL
Spend the afternoon at Eastern Market Shed 5 as Hazon Detroit once again sponsors 
the Jewish Food Festival — a celebration of Jewish food and sustainability prac-
tices with interactive and intergenerational DIY (do-it-yourself) activities, demonstra-
tions and inspiring talks. Taste delicious vegetarian and vegan foods from more than 
15 food trucks, restaurants, and caterers. 
Shop at more than 50 local vendor booths 
and enjoy food samples. Create in the 
new ArtSpace with the Detroit Institute of 
Arts and others, using repurposed items. 
Explore community activism, food, music, 
artists, vendors, farmers, chef demos and 
the family pavilion. You’
ll find kosher-cer-
tified food, caterers and vendors aplenty 
at this can’
t-miss event. Free and open to 
the public.

COURTESY OF HAZON

